Fire on South Main Street contained to bedroom

Dmitriy Shapiro Daily Telegram Staff Writer @lenaweeshapiro

Friday

Oct 19, 2018 at 5:00 AM

ADRIAN — A late afternoon fire Thursday resulted only in damage to a house’s upstairs bedroom.

According to Adrian Fire Department interim chief Aric Massingill, the department was dispatched at 5:11 p.m. to a two-story house on the southwest corner of South Main and Merrick streets. The call to authorities came from a passerby who reported smoke coming from the second floor of the house.

“When we arrived, there was smoke coming out of one of the windows. It had a fire in the bedroom upstairs,” Massingill said.

Firefighters were able to put down the flames within five minutes of their arrival, and as they searched for more hot spots, found that the fire had not spread to any other parts of the house.

“After we knocked the main fire down, we have to make sure it didn’t get into the ceiling so we have to pull the ceiling down and make sure it didn’t get in the attic or extend into the walls,” Massingill said at the scene. “After that, we just make sure everything is cooled down, there’s no hidden fire and then it goes into the investigation phase to try to figure out the cause.”

Massingill said that the house is occupied by the owner’s granddaughter, but was empty at the time of the fire.

The attic had blown-in insulation that came down on the floor, hindering the investigation. The insulation has to be cleaned up before the department can determine the cause of the fire.

Assisting at the scene were the Adrian and Madison township fire departments, Lenawee Community Ambulance and the Adrian Police Department, which redirected traffic.

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